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Shop Hop In MI

Went on a Detroit area shop hop yesterday with 3 other guys from the Grand Valley Aquarium Club. Had a great time and hit some awesome shops especially going to Oyer's and Durkin's (wholesale breeders) probably saw thousands of tanks. I bought 2 Enantiapus Melongenys for $24 @ Moby Dicks.I also got 4 Lamprolougus Brevis "tiger" for 12 bucks! and 1 more E. Melongenys for $5.

shops we stopped @

Stop #1

Oyer’s Home Fish Hatchery

Stop #2

Fantastic Fins

Stop #3

Pet Suppliers

Stop #4

Highland Tropical

Stop # 5

Moby Dick Pet Store

Stop # 6

Juergen Kasprick’s Fish Room

Stop #7

Ichthyos Enterprises

Peter & Cathleen Durkin

If you are part of a club and get the chance to attend one of these. i would definitely do it.

Andrew good grief I was just in Brighton at the lake!!!!!! What do you mean it's NOT a fish store? Do I need an appointment? Exactly where is it? Is it on Grand River? I need a name exact so I can get the address if you dont have it. I will stop next time I am up there. Thanks for the heads up on this. Can you at least tell me what kinds of fish they have plz? Julia

Julia, Oyers and Durkin are breeders and wholesalers, they sell to the shops. The shop hop mostly went to different stores, but to make it special, some of the larger fish breeders open their doors for a large group of hobbyists to come see and even buy. They also visit members' fishrooms; I did not go up for this trip, but they went to Juergen Kasprick's house. He's a technical genius at setting up filtration and water change systems.

If it were just running around to different shops, that wouldn't be all that special! I believe they had a picnic get together at the end of the day, too. If I weren't on the other side of the state, I would have considered joining in.